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I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.

Joseph Conrad

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
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Art Bird Destroy History Repeat Reproduction Song Wild World
A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
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Adventure Romance Spirit Task
The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world.
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Enough Heart Human World
All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.
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Art Creative Magic Surprise
The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
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Cure Live Question
I always went my own road and on my own legs where I had a mind to go.
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Legs Mindset Myself Road
The ethical view of the universe involves us in so many cruel and absurd contradictions that I have come to suspect that the aim of creation cannot be ethical at all.
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Creation Cruelty Ethics Mad Universe View
Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.
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Luxury Necessary Protection
He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
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Bilnd Faith Fear Mystery Soul Struggle
A certain simplicity of thought is common to serene souls at both ends of the social scale.
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End Serene Simplicity Social Soul
The mind of man is capable of anything.
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Capability Man Mindset
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
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Community Crime Faith Kind Man Reality
Kisses are the remnants of paradise.
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Kiss One Liner Paradise
Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys.
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Enjoyment Reality Talk
We live as we dream – alone. While the dream disappears, the life continues painfully.
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Alone Dreams Life Live Pain
It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.
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Born Earth Fate Goodness People Wait

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